LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. May
At 1.15 A.M. on 23rd November a telephone message was received stating that the lights of a vessel ashore off Ballyfrenis Point were seen. As this is a very dangerous part of the coast, the Motor Life-boat William and Mary proceeded to...
The S.S. Mona
At 11.40 P.M. on the 26th December a message was received reporting that the Nore Light-vessel was firing signals of distress.
The Life-boat James Stevens No. 9 was launched without loss of time, and in the neighbourhood of...
The S.S. Sudsee
Ramsgate, Kent.—During the morning of the 10th April the Brake lightvessel, on the Goodwin Sands, reported, through the coastguard, that a steamer was aground about a mile and a half E.
half S. from her. A moderate...
The S.S. Corfield
Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland.
—At 9.10 on the evening of the 20th of July, 1955, the coastguard rang up to say that the S.S. Corfield, of London, needed a doctor to attend a sick man.
As no other boat...
The S.S. Russian Prince
CAISTER, NORFOLK. — On the 14th February, the look-out observed a large steamer, apparently stranded on the Middle Cross Sand and soon afterwards she showed signals of distress. The Life-boat Beauchamp was launched at 12.30 P.M. and found...
The S.S. Libra
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.—At eleven o'clock on thenight of the 8th of July, 1953, the coastguard reported that the S.S.
Libra, of Stockholm, had asked for a boat to land a sick man. No other suitable boat...
The S.S. Dimitris
Redcar, Yorkshire.—At 9.47 on the night of the 14th of December, 1953, the coastguard rang up to say that a steamer had gone aground on East Scar rocks. At 10.10 the life-boat City of Leeds was launched. There was a heavy swell, with a light...
The S.S. Southport
Caister, Norfolk. —At 11.14 in the afternoon, on the 17th of March, 1951, a resident reported that a ship was on the Barber Sands. At 1.30 the life- boat Jose Neville was launched in a smooth sea with a moderate south- westerly...
The S.S. Cyclades
Ramsgate, Kent.—At 10.30 on the morning of the 16th of October, 1954, the coastguard reported that a vessel appeared to be aground in a dangerous position near North Goodwin buoy.
At 10.36 the life-boat Michael and Lily...
The S.S. Irish Beech
DECEMBER 15TH. - DUNMORE EAST, CO. WATERFORD. The S.S. Irish Beech arrived off Dunmore East in a southerly gale, with very heavy seas. The pilot boat had gone up the river for shelter and the pilot was unable to go out to the steamer. As no...